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[From the Journal op the Senate.] 

January 6, 1898. 

On motion of Mr. Crane, — 

Ordered, That so much of the Governor's Address as relates 
to the restoration of the Bulfiuch State House aud the centen- 
nial anniversary of its occupancy be referred to a joint special 
committee, to consist of three members of the Senate and five 
members of the House ; and that said committee be authorized 
to make such arrangements, aud report such recommendations, 
as may be necessary to provide for the suitable commemora- 
tion of these events. 

Messrs. Ci-ane, Holden and Moran were appointed the 
committee on the part of the Senate. 

Sent down for concurrence. 

Came up, adopted, in concurrence ; and Messrs. Lowell 
of Boston, Harlow of Whitman, Stone of Springfield, 
Porter of North Attleborough and Cooke of Milford 
were joined on the part of the House. 

January 10. 

A report of the joint special committee who were 
instructed to make such arrangements and report such 
recommendations as might be necessary to provide for 
the suitable commemoration of the centennial anniver- 
sary of the occupation of the Bulfinch State House, came 
up, and was read. 



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The report stated that the committee had arranged for 
holding appropriate exercises in commemoration of said 
event on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1898, at 11 o'clock a.m., in 
the present Senate Chamber ; that on said occasion His 
Excellency the Governor would preside and an address 
would be delivered by the Honorable Alfred S. Koe ; 
and that all members of both branches were respectfully 
invited to be present at said exercises. 

Read and accepted, in concurrence, under a suspension 
of the rule, moved by Mr. Holden. 

The exercises were held as recommended, and 
were as given in the following pages. 

Hon. Elleky B. Crane of Worcester, chair- 
man of the special committee having the matter 
in charge, introduced His Excellency Gov. Roger 
WoLCOTT, who presided. 




DANIfL W. WALDRON. 



PRAYER. 



By the REV. DANIEL W. WALDRON^ Chaplain of the House. 



Our Father in heaven, we come into Thy pres- 
ence with adoration, praise and prayer. We render 
homage to Thee as the Supreme Ruler and Law- 
giver. We acknowledge that to Thee we are 
indebted for every good and perfect gift. 

Our fathers' God and our God, Thou didst 
bring to these shores our ftithers, who, in prayer 
and sacrifice, laid the foundations of a great 
nation, whose rising walls bear witness to the 
heroic deeds of their sons. We bless Thee for 



' Chaplain Daniel W. Waldron was born in Augusta, Me., Nov. 11, 1840; 
was graduated from Bowdoin 1862, and from Andover, 1866. Was pastor over 
Congregational churches in East Weymouth and East Boston. Feb. 1, 1873, 
became city missionary of Boston, a position still held by him, the twenty-fifth 
anniversary of which was observed in February last. He preached the last 
election sermon in 1880, in the Representatives' Hall, the only time an election 
sermon was ever given there. He was elected chaplain in 1879 and has been 
re-«lected annually since. In 1892 and 1893 Mr. R. M. Bridgman printed a book 
containing the chaplain's prayers for those sessions, an exceedingly valuable and 
interesting collection. It contains, also, a list of all preceding House chaplains, 
with their years of service. Till 1791 the same man acted as chaplain of both 
branches. Among the seventy-two different men we find that a majority also 
served as chaplains of the Senate. 



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the good land we possess; for its civic, educa- 
tional and religious institutions, from which flow 
so many blessings to us as individuals, families 
and a people. 

Most gracious God, we are reminded at this 
hour that our own Commonwealth has always 
made generous provision for those who have been 
entrusted with its public affairs and for those 
who have enacted its laws. A hundred years 
ago to-day, in solemn procession, bearing valued 
records and the treasures in the archives of the 
State, the Legislature came to this building, pro- 
vided by the generosity of the State and its cap- 
ital city, and dedicated it to the honor of God 
and the people's good. We behold on every hand 
evidence that the men i;nder whose oversight this 
hall has been j3repared for its present use have 
fulfilled their trust with fidelity, and to like pur- 
pose we set it apai*t this day. Give the wisdom 
that Cometh from above and is profitable to direct 
to our Senators who are to meet in this chamber, 
and to our Representatives, as together they en- 
deavor to guard the jiublic interests. Let Thy 
smile rest lapon the homes that nestle among our 
hills and valleys, send prosperity to our varied 



PRAYER BY REV. DANIEL W. WALDRON. i 

industries, and may we become more and more 
that happy people whose God is the Lord. 

Be pleased, heavenly Father, to extend Thy 
hand in loving- benediction upon the Governor 
of Massachusetts in the discharge of the duties 
of the position to which he has been called by 
an appreciative people, to his honorable council- 
lors and to all who hold places of authority and 
trust. 

May Thy favor be continued to the President 
of the United States, to the national Congress 
and to all the people of this broad land. Grant 
that integrity may be the stability of the times 
in which we live. Help us to put away the sin 
that is a reproach and to pursue the righteousness 
that alone exalts. Give protection from every 
foe. Let justice and brotherly kindness control 
our relations with other nations. 

And now, with holy prayer, the greetings of 
the chief magistrate of the State and the historic 
words of the orator, we consecrate this chamber 
to the promotion of the public welfare. May we 
also give ourselves to earnest efforts for the good 
of our fellow men, to willing obedience to the 
holy and just laws that are a transcript of Thine 



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own mind and heart, and to the endeavor to form 
such characters as Avill enable us to leave to pos- 
terity the legacy of a good name, when we shall 
mingle no more in the scenes of earth, and go 
to pass the final review before Him to whom we 
shall give account for the deeds done in the body. 
Prepare us to fight the battles that remain to be 
fought, to be brave under the trials of life, to 
recognize the relations that grow out of human 
brotherhood and that we sustain to our Creator 
and Redeemer, and at length receive us to honor, 
glory and immortality in Thy presence. 

Hear our prayer, bless us in the services upon 
which we are entering, guide us in our earthly 
pilgrimage, and at last may we hear the jDlaudit, 
""Well done," dwell in the heavenly mansions, 
join the " general assembly and church of the 
first born which are written in heaven ; " and to 
God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, shall be 
eternal homage. A>iex. 










ROGER WOLCOTT. 



ADDRESS. 



By His Excellency GOV. ROGER WOLCOTT. 



We ave met in joint assemblage of the two 
branches of the General Court, and in the pres- 
ence of the Gov'ernor and Council, to rededicate 
to the public use of the Commonwealth the stately 
and beautiful edifice which was, one hundred 
years ago, in the eloquent words of Governor 
Sumner, dedicated to the honor, freedom, inde- 
pendence and security of' our country. Since 
then it has been the State House of the Com- 
monwealth of Massachusetts. 

Its walls have resounded to the tread and have 
echoed the words of statesmen, soldiers, jurists 
and men of affairs, who have had their share in 
the fame of the Commonwealth. Here have been 
enacted the laws which have made Massachu- 
setts an example and a leader to the other States 
of the Union. Whatsoever pride its people may 



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feel in their citizenship, in large measure finds 
its source within these halls. For a century this 
building has symbolized the dignity and majesty 
of the Commonwealth. 

Its corner-stone was laid by Samuel Adams, 
the great popular leader of the Revolutionary 
period, and by Paul Revere, skilful mechanic 
and immortal patriot. Its design was the work 
of Charles Bulfinch, the foremost architect of his 
time in America, and it stands to-day his most 
worthy monument. 

Either as owner of the site, or as ofl&cial occu- 
jjants of the structure, every one of the signers 
of the Declaration of Independence from the 
colony of Massachusetts Bay held close rela- 
tion with this building. Here Presidents of the 
United States, from James Monroe to Ulysses S. 
Grant, have been received and entertained with 
the honor due their exalted office and the char- 
acter and achievement which they brought to the 
performance of its arduous duties. Here Web- 
ster has spoken, and Everett and Choate and 
Sumner, and many another with lesser fame who 
yet has deserved well of the Republic. Here in 
honored death lay a Vice-President of the United 



ADDRESS BY GOV. ROGER. WOLCOTT. 11 

States, and a Senator of the Commonwealth who 
had dared and suffered in her cause. Here have 
acted and labored the long line of my predeces- 
sors in office who have made the title of Gov- 
ernor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts one 
of the most honored in the nation. Here John A. 
Andrew gave his heart's blood to the cause of 
union and nationality. From yonder steps have 
marched to death or victory the gallant youth of 
the State, ready to give their lives to a great 
cause. Here year by year have successive Legis- 
latures jjatiently wrought to embody in the statutes 
of the Commonwealth the fundamental principles 
laid down in the Constitution. 

These halls are eloquent with the presence of 
the great dead. They speak to us with the com- 
pelling voice of the past, and bid us be not un- 
worthy of the trust it has imposed. May we 
meet the problems of the present with the spirit 
which inspired our fathers, and may we dedicate 
ourselves anew to the maintenance of a govern- 
ment of the peojile, by the people and for the 
people; so may God bless us of this generation 
as he has hitherto blessed the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts. 



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ADDRESS. 



ALFRED SEE LYE ROE. 



Your Excellency, Mh. President, Mr. 
Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Senate 
AND House of Eepresentatives : — 

"What is excellent, as God lives is permanent." — Emerson. 

The ink wherewith was written the legislative 
record of Jan. 11, 1798, as preserved in our 
archives, shows no trace of fading. There, who- 
ever will may read that on that day, after recip- 
rocal notification by each branch of the Legislat- 
m-e, the various departments of the government 
of the , Commonwealth made a ceremonious march 
to the new edifice on Beacon Hill. Increase 
Sumner was then in the first year of his service 
as Governor, Moses Gill had held the Lieutenant- 
Governorship nearly eight years, Samuel Phillips 
was presiding for the tenth year in the Senate, 




ALFRED S. ROE. 




SAMUEL ADAMS. 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 13 

and Benjamin Hutchinson Robbins was nearing 
the end of his fifth term of a like office in the 
House. 

To-day we are reahzing somewhat the fruition 
of the prayers and fervent wishes which from the 
very beginning marked the progress of this build- 
ing. With what earnestness had Peter Thacher, 
of the Brattle Street Church, and an eye-witness 
of the battle of Bunker Hill, prayed in the Old 
South Church, where the exercises of the day 
began, for God's choicest blessings upon this en- 
terprise, July 4, 1795! On that day, when the 
corner-stone was laid, grand old Sam. Adams, 
the last of the Puritans, in his executive capacity 
had expressed the wish that the superstructure 
might remain permanent as the everlasting moun- 
tains. Governor Sumner, a century ago to-day, 
said: "I am confident that you, gentlemen of 
both Houses of the Legislature, will cordially 
join me in the fervent wish that this State House 
may long remain a monument of the public spirit 
of the citizens of Massachusetts, as well as a 
testimony of their respect to our happy political 
institutions." Six days later, the response to the 
Governor had these words: "In this sj^lendid 



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specimen of the taste and judgment of the agents 
who planned and superintended and in the abiUty 
of the artificers who completed its structure, we 
are happy to find the public confidence completely 
justified. Long may it continue an ornament to 
the capital, . . . sacred to the purposes to which 
it has been devoted." As we of this new world 
reckon time the prayer of Increase Sumner is 
answered, for the building has long continued. 
"Whether Adams's desire, that this structure shall 
vie with the everlasting hills in permanency, will 
be reahzed, time and subsequent generations must 
answer. We have done our part. 

Since, in 1875, we celebrated, at Concord and 
Lexington, their respective battles, the people of 
this Commonwealth have become accustomed to 
centennials. So prominent have the citizens of 
Massachusetts ever been in the advancements of 
the rights of man and in furthering true civil- 
ization, that nearly every year brings to the cen- 
tury mark one event or more of almost national 
importance. Every day is the centennial of some- 
thing, and from the stand-point of the Infinite, 
no doubt other selections of objects for distinc- 
tion than those which claim the attention of our 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 15 

finite minds would often be made. Be this as it 
may, when a hundred years have passed away 
since this battle was fought, that man was born, 
such a ship was launched or this house was 
built, we like to note the day, and try, there- 
from, to gather some impression which may 
have a profitable bearing on the future. 

The intervening century, since the voices of 
Sumner, Phillips and Robbins were first heard 
in this hall or chamber, compares favorably in 
importance with any and all of its predecessors. 
American affairs were never crystallized. The 
history of one day is not that of the next. As 
with a victorious army whose ceaseless cry is 
"Forward," so in State and nation we have 
constantly advanced from the camping grounds 
of yesterday to higher and more commanding 
positions of to-day. Commerce, mechanics, trade, 
education, everything that contributes to the 
good of mankind, have here taken great strides 
in their advancement, and very few of them 
have not, in some way, been connected with the 
edifice whose existence, after the lapse of a 
hundred years, we celebrate on this occasion. 
Within these walls must have been discussed, 



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with all possible ardor, the embargo, sailors' 
rights and the many issues which led up to the 
war of 1812, our real war of indejiendence. 
Here Federalist and Democrat fought verbal 
battles as eloquent as those of their successors 
in luore recent j^eriods. The Missouri compro- 
mise and all of the ante-bellum questions had 
here an airing, and during that memorable 
period of four years of national struggle, what 
priceless incidents attached to these corridors 
and rooms. 

In brief, the noteworthy dates in the history 
of our State House are these: July 1, 1795, when 
the corner-stone was laid; Jan. 11, 1798, when the 
formal opening was had; 1853, when the Bryant 
addition was constructed; 186G, Avhen the Wash- 
burn changes were made; 1896, when the late 
repairs were instituted; and to-day, when we 
celebrate the centennial. It Avas fortunate that 
Charles Bulfinch^ was the architect. ]N"ative 
genius added to long and devoted study, with 
foreign travel, had made him the foremost Amer- 

■ Charles Bulfinch was born in Boston, Aug. 8, 1763; was graduated at Har- 
vard in 1781 ; travelled extensively ahroad ; devoted his life to architecture ; 
died in Boston, April 1.5, 1814. An excellent life of the distinguished architect, 
by his grand-daughter, Ellen Susan Bulfinch, was published in 1896 by Hough- 
ton. Mifflin & Co., Boston. 




CHARLES BULFINCH. 




FRONT, WITH BRYANT ADDITION. 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 17 

ican in his profession. The success of this work 
designated him the designer of the Capitol at 
Washington, and assured him enduring fame. 
The building, as he planned it, was symmetrical, 
elegant and sufficient. Advancing years neces- 
sitated changes and modifications. For these he 
was not responsible, nor were the makers blame- 
worthy. Considering their tasks, Bryant and 
Washburn did as well as the circumstances 
Avould admit. With additions without and alter- 
ations within, the edifice gradually grew away 
from the lines of the original designer, and some, 
easily discouraged, said, "It is impossible to 
make the structure take again the form and 
comeliness of Bulfinch's day." The growth and 
development of a so-called extension, really an 
independent building, rendered the preservation 
of the old edifice extremely difficult. The edict 
all but went forth that the day of destruction 
had come, when certain men and women said, 
" Let us make one more effort to preserve." 
The result surrounds us. Esto perjyehm. 

"Blessings brighten as they take their ffight" 
is an adage, trite but true. The tablet upon the 
fence, just below the State House grounds, tell- 



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ing the reader that here once stood the famous 
John Hancock House/ is scant satisfaction, when 
we reflect how easy it would have been to save 
the original structure. Its effigy, erected in 
Chicago at the Columbian Exhibition, was, by 
common consent, the most interesting and the 
most visited State building there, rivalling indeed 
those of the greatest architectural pretensions. 
Had this edifice been allowed to remain where 
its builders placed it, who can say what effect 
it may have had on the present surroundings of 
this Capitol? Certainly there would have been 
no necessity of purchasing to the westward for 
self-protection. "Wendell Phillips told us, in his 
matchless way, that he once escorted a visitor 
from a southern State beneath this ancient roof- 
tree; and as the gentleman stepped upon the 
slab worn by thousands of passing feet, and re- 
flected that through that very doorway had gone 
so many times the President of the Continental 
Congress, overcome by his emotions, he said, 
"You must excuse me, but the presence of so 
much recaUing the venerable past quite unmans 

' This ancient and interesting structure was sold to James M. Beebe and 
Gardner Brewer, Feb. 18, 1863, lor $125,000. It was talcen down during tliat 
season and the present brown-stone buildings toolv its place. 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 19 

me, and I must sit for a moment to recover my- 
self." The same orator, in Chicago, told the 
people of that boastful city that they did not 
sufficiently value the first house built within 
their limits. It was then standing, and could 
have been retained at very little outlay. " Cover 
it with glass and gild it with fine gold," said he 
of the silver tongue, " and it will more than 
repay the cost." But his hearers heeded him 
not, and destroyed the most precious object in 
their midst. When, however, the world was to 
repair thither to see what Columbia had wrought 
after four hundred years of striving, Chicago, 
mindful of her lacking, hurried down to the 
banks of the James River, carried thence the 
walls of Libby Prison, brick by brick, and relaid 
them on the shores of Lake Michigan. She built 
a facsimile of the home of Robert Burns, and 
offered fal^ulous sums to descendants of the poet 
if they would live therein dui-ing the exhibition, 
just to add interest to the show ; but, to the infi- 
nite credit of the appreciative Scots, let it be said 
that they could not be bought nor hired. She 
even came into our own Bay State, and, in Salem, 
sought to purchase the birthplace of Hawthorne; 



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but Salem, a mere mite in the financial world 
as compared with Chicago, would not part with 
what helps to make her borders so interesting. 
The queen city of the west has her glories, but 
for history she must await the slow growth of 
generations; and when that time comes, will she 
have preserved her memorials of Eugene Field 
as Massachusetts has hers of Longfellow, "Whit- 
tier, Lowell, Emerson, Preseott, Bancroft and 
scores of others whom Fame delights to honor? 
A resident of this Commonwealth was once re- 
turning from California, via the Northern Pacific 
Road. As he neared Minneapolis, the party 
whose acquaintance he had made during the 
long journey insisted on his stopping in the ac- 
tive, thriving city of the north-west, to see what 
great buildings were there. "Do you think," 
said he, "we have no overgrown structures in 
the east? If you will 2)romise to show me the 
first building erected Avithin the limits of your 
proud city I shall be glad to stop." But, no! 
False notions of progress had long before wiped 
that away, and only towering sky-scrapers re- 
mained to excite the astonishment of observers. 
"However," said the traveller, "as you do have 



.UJDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 21 

here the Falls of the Minnehaha, immortalized by 
the pen of Longfellow, I think I will stop off long 
enough to see them." Unhappily, the falls were 
having their mid-summer vacation, so Minneapolis 
jDresented very little of interest to him. 

Scenery alone will not continue to enchant the 
traveller, else Americans would never go beyond 
the borders of their own country. Their land 
offers, in rivers, lakes, plains, mountains, gorges 
and natural wonders, all that the rest of earth 
has to present, and more. Xot till centuries have 
intervened, however, can our woods and waters 
attract as do those of lands where the hand of 
man has wrought from the dawn of time. The 
Palisades of the Hudson, the Dalles of the Co- 
lumbia, the mighty waters of the St. Lawrence, 
impress and please; but we turn from them to 
marvel at the history which flows along with 
the waters of the Ehine. At this point crossed 
English Edward in the days of the Crusades; 
here Charlemagne devised his mighty schemes; 
and there was the bridge which Caesar built, — 
till history is lost in legend and myth. Surely 
Americans do not encounter the perils of ocean 
travel simply to see what fashion is doing abroad. 



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Palaces have little part in their expectations, for 
we have as grand and beautiful at home; rather 
we go away to see the traces of deeds that have 
won i-enown during the ages; and thus, in the 
wonderful cathedral in Canterbury, Ave gaze upon 
the spot where fell a Becket, and look with thrill- 
ing interest on the coat worn by the Black Prince 
at Poitiers. We care little for the size of Lon- 
don, but we are absorbed in the visible evidences 
of her history, good and bad. "Westminster, with 
its storied memories, St. Clement Danes, with all 
that it tells of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and every 
church through whose long-drawn aisle and fretted 
vault sound the peahng anthem and the note of 
praise, has some trophy raised by appreciative 
memory. 

More than any other city in America Boston 
possesses the halo of history. Annually the list 
of pilgrims to her shrines increases, till books 
and guides to jDoint out her storied wealth be- 
come a necessity'. Years since, a Massachusetts 
teacher, travelling in Canada, made the acquaint- 
ance of people residing in 'New Jersey. The 
son was a graduate of Princeton, and his law 
course had been taken in Ann Arbor, They were 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 23 

cultured and discriminating. They purposed re- 
turning to their home l)y way of Boston, and 
naturally asked for information as to objects of 
interest. A list of notables was given, and the 
day of separation came. Later followed a letter 
from ISJ'ew Jersey, enthusiastic over the beauties 
and wonders of the E"ew England metropolis. 
The only trouble with the visitors was the lack 
of time to do justice to the occasion. A prophet 
is not without honor save in his own country, and 
some of those who care least for what our city 
has to offer are to the manner born. Faneuil 
Hall, the Old State House, the Old South and 
King's Chapel claim the attention of multitudes 
from abroad, while many whose daily walks lead 
by them see only obstacles in the paths of trade. 
Happily such are not in the majority, and senti- 
ment has yet some hold upon humanity. Over 
and over the same arguments have been used for 
the preservation of the before-named buildings. 
This room itself has rung with denunciations 
and with counter-blasts. IJl^ot one of them is 
standing to-day with the cordial assent of every- 
body. Sometimes woman has had to come to the 
rescue, and when she has entered the lists man 



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has invariably witlidrawn discomfited. Wliat 
work was done to preserve the Old South, and 
how could we get along to-day without it, when 
we wish to illustrate the value of historic study; 
yet some can recall the long debates in this 
building as to whether it should be spared, or 
not. Standing in yonder doorway was a repre- 
sentative,^ afterward an honored justice of our 
superior court, when a destructionist was making 
his familiar remarks on the desirableness of ring- 
ing out the old and of ringing in the new; the 
value of the site of the ancient edifice for busi- 
ness purposes; whereupon the subsequent judge 
repaired to his own seat, and thence addressing 
the Chair, in just one sentence, uttered in his 
characteristically hesitating manner, effectually dis- 
posed of all opposition. These were his words: 
"Mr. Speaker, as near as I can make out, the 
whole trouble with these folks is they aren't will- 
ing that God Almighty should have a corner lot." 
In spite of opposition, however excited, long and 
bitter, these buildings, to paraphrase the words 
of the dying Webster, still exist; and to-day we 



' Charles P. Thompson of Gloucester, member of the House ia 1871-72, later 
a judge of the superior court. 






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ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 25 

add to their number, fresh from the hand of the 
rehabilitator, old yet new, in all its glory of years 
and associations, the Bulfineh State House. 

" What is there in this building to excite the 
admu-ation of mankind?" is a question often heard 
during the past four years; and, in evidence of 
lack of appreciation, I think it can be paralleled 
only by the query of a Representative, sitting in 
the fifth division in 1894, when it was proposed 
to do away with the legal features of Fast Day 
and to substitute therefor the 19th of April. It 
was then that this citizen, Representative of our 
Commonwealth, in deep distress over the loss 
of a day which he had never observed, cried 
out, " And what ever happened on the 19th of 
April?" If to those who are familiar with the 
story of our State House it seems ti'ite and unin- 
teresting-, it is not so to many who come to us 
from abroad. When, in 1895, the Knights Tem- 
plars of America assembled in Boston, one of the 
Sir Knights climbed Beacon Hill, filled with a 
desire to look upon scenes that carry the observer 
back to the days of the Adamses and Webster. 
When he found the gates and approaches closed, 
and " ]^J"o Admission " greeted his gaze, it was no 



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consolation to him to learn that the extension was 
open. In forcible if not elegant language he 

remarked that he wouldn't give a to see that 

or any new building; '*I want to see the room in 
which Andrew worked, the hall where Webster 
spoke and the chamber where Henry "Wilson pre- 
sided." In 1895, when the fate of the edifice Avas 
still in the balance, a resident of far-away Chicago 
came hither with a friend, who, I am happy to 
state, has had much to do with the preserving of 
the structure, and with him went over and through 
many of the interesting parts of the building. 
" And do I understand," said he, " that Massachu- 
setts people are going to permit the destruction of 
this Capitol? If they do, all I have to say is this, 
just give us folks of Chicago a chance, and we 
will buy it and remove it, piece by piece, as we 
did Libby Prison, and we will put it up in our 
own cit}^ as the very choicest relic there." Hap- 
pily the opjDortunity did not come to the dwellers 
by Lake Michigan to taunt us with the possession 
of what should be and is one of our most cher- 
ished heritages. But the battle for its salvation 
was not an easy one. On the one side were 
ranged selfish interest, opportunity for still fur- 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. Zt 

ther appropriation of money, a wholly false notion 
that gaudy colors and glittering tinsel are better 
than that which has withstood the test of time 
and which has the impress of genuine genius. 
The old was derided, the new extolled. Minute 
imperfections in the ancient were magnified, while 
defects in the new were ignored. " To he or not 
to be " seemed the vital question during at least 
two sessions of the Legislature. The ultimate 
decision was deferred till the very last moment, 
during the session of 1896, and was finally made 
in favor of preservation. " But carry out the 
plans of the special committee of experts of 
1895," said the lamented Greenhalge, " and the 
Bulfinch front will stand five hundred years." 
Acting on this suggestion, a bill was framed, 
giving the direction of repairs into the hands of 
the Acting Governor, since Governor of the Com- 
monwealth, His Excellency Roger "Wolcott; the 
President of the Senate, the Hon. George P. 
Lawrence of I^orth Adams; and the Speaker 
of the House, the Hon. George v. L. Meyer of 
Boston. The placing of the work in the care 
of its friends was wholly intentional, and the 
wisdom of the measure is seen in the results. 



28 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 

After due consideration, the architects employed 
were Charles A. Cummings, Eobert D. Andrews 
and Arthur G. Everett, of whom the last named 
has attended personally to the details of the 
work. The builders have been Messrs. Wood- 
biu-y & Leighton. Supervisors, architects and 
builders all vied with each other in carrying out 
the i^urposes of the Greenhalge commission. And 
how have they succeeded? They were told that 
' the sum of money asked for was insufficient, but 
it has sufficed to restore and furnish, and, what 
is stranger still, have a surplus to turn back into 
the treasury. For more than a twelvemonth 
these halls seemed a veritable land of desolation. 
The walls were underpinned; mezzanine floors 
were removed; a steel fi-amework, from the 
ground up, was made to support the new steel 
roof; and in the dome iron was made to do the 
work hitherto performed by wood, till at last 
" fire-proof " was written over all its surface, 
Avithin and without. Steadily the work pro- 
gressed, with no halting whatever, till the build- 
ing, as designed by Charles Bulfinch, appeared 
in all its original symmetry and beauty. Never 
had walls been more severely tested. In the 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 29 

introduction of chimneys and in tlie making of 
flues' unexpected strains were put upon tliem. 
In the effort to detect imi^erfections these same 
walls had been almost honeycombed in places, 
yet the work of the last century gloriously Avith- 
stood the assaults of both friend and foe, and is 
good for many a year to come. 

It would be an injustice to leave this part of 
our subject without reference to the aid received 
from outside sources. Preserved in the archives 
of the Commonwealth is probably one of the 
choicest collections of petitions ever presented to 
the General Court. They came from the State 
of Maine, signed by the Governor of that daugh- 
ter of Massachusetts; from Chicago, bearing the 
names of her most distinguished citizens, many 
of them natives of the Bay State; from the 
State Board of Trade; from the architects of 
America ; from labor organizations ; from jjatriotic 
societies, — till their names became legion. Fan- 
euil Hall and the Old South resounded with the 
demand for preservation. As one gentleman 
remarked, there had been nothing like it since 
the days of the Civil War. The press of the 
Commonwealth, almost to a paper, supported the 



30 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 

proposition. The farmers came in as they did 
at Lexington, till at last one legislator surren- 
dered, saying, " If the people want it, Avhy let 
them have it." Poetry was invoked, and a 
rhymster from the Cape thus remarked: — 

"If the Old state House Is out of style, 

then so is Funnel Hall; 
The Common, too, and Bunker HiU's old 

monument so tall. 
About their looks, no matter; I know that 

I'm just queer 
Enough to be right glad and proud to see 

them once a year." 

The ]N"ew York " Sun" wisely commented, "A 
single scale of the tutelar codfish is worth a 
hundred thousand new State Houses.'' 

But the most valuable aid of all was rendered 
by a committee of ladies, whose chairman was 
Mrs. Sarah Lowell Blake; the secretary, Lucy 
Lowell. Right diligently did they labor, and all 
who applaud the residts should unite in praise 
of these loyal, tireless women. Coming within a 
year of the return of the Bradford manuscript, 
now awarded the post of honor in our liljrary, 
this celebration of ours over an original edifice 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 31 

seems quite in place. Reprints of the manu- 
script, on the very same lines, are soon to be 
given away by the State. How should we regard 
the building itself, not an imitation? 

"What is all this worth?" I seem to hear 
some unconverted iconoclast still inquire. Have 
you not substituted iron for wood, and have you 
not changed the material of the columns in Doric 
Hall? To such queries we must answer. Yes; 
but no changes have been made not necessitated 
by the demands of modern building and not 
necessary to the safety of the structure. No 
one believes that the famous hall of William 
Rufus, made familiar to every school boy through 
the matchless essay of Macaulay on the trial of 
Warren Hastings, is just as that early British 
monarch left it. Still, its roof is the finest of 
its kind in existence, and he would be a bold 
Briton who, for a moment even, would counsel 
its demolition, simply because it stands adjacent 
to the later and more showy Parliament build- 
ing. Our State House, in its record, connects 
directly with that of the still older edifice on 
State Street, so that for quite one hundred and 
fifty years we can see where the laws of Massa- 



32 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 

chusetts have been made. This Capitol is one 
of the very few still standing in America that 
point to the story of a centnry. Connecticut 
erected a new and mag-nificent structure in Hart- 
ford, but slie did not tear down tlae old one. 
That still does duty in the very heait of that 
beautiful city. Rhode Island is laying out a 
large sum of money on a building Avhich shall 
take the jjlace of the two Capitols now standing 
in Providence and ISTewport; and in answer to 
a query as to the probable disposition of the 
old structure in the former city, a gentleman 
long the Secretary of State in Rhode Island 
replied as follows : — 

Phoviden-ce, K. I., April 28, 1898. 

My Dear Senator: — Our present State House 
Avas erected in 1762 or thei-eabouts. The new 
structure is going up in a different locality, and 
will not probably be completed for some years. 
Meanwhile, the old edifice is being used. What 
will be done with it has not been decided. In fact, 
so far as I know, that matter has not been dis- 
cussed. There is no doubt, I think, that it will be 
preserved for some purpose, unless fire disposes of 
it meanwhile. A special Providence seems to have 
saved the old building and its precious contents. 
Sincerely yours, 

J. M. Addemajs". 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 33 

Whoever has seen the statel}'^ Capitol of Mary- 
land, in the city of Annapolis, will readily recall 
its graceful proportions; so, when there appeared 
a settled purpose to destroy our even grander 
and more dignified structure, " My Maryland " 
was addressed, that we might know what was 
the popular feeling there as to the retention of 
so aged a State House, built before the Revolu- 
tion, and the Secretary of State was pleased to 
answer : — 

STATE OF MARYLAND. 

Office of Secretary of State, 

Annapolis, April 29, 1896. 
Mr. Alfred S. Roe, Boston, Mass. 

Deak Sir : — Replying to your favor of the 
27th inst., referring to your efforts for the pres- 
ervation of the old State House at Boston, I 
would say that the public feeling in this locality 
is strongly iu favor of the jDreservation of the 
old buildings around which so many historical 
recollections cluster. 

The proposition is already being strongly urged 
for the restoration of the Senate Chamber in our 
State House to the condition in which it was at the 
time Washington resigned his commission. 

I trust you will be entirely successful in your 
efforts for the preservation of your State House at 
Boston. Very truly yours, 

Richard Baltam, 

Secretary of Stale, 



34 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 

The pride of the citizens of the Old Dominion, 
in whatever pertains to her borders, is well un- 
derstood, by Americans at least; so, though a 
serious accident soon after the war had precipi- 
tated a crowded room of the Capitol with its 
occujjants into the floor beneath, and though 
many lives were lost in the calamity, yet to the 
question of the further maintenance of the build- 
ing the following answer speedily came : — 

The State Library, Richmond, Va., 
April 30, 1896. 

Dear Sm : — Our capitol was planned by Thomas 
Jefferson, and the model, by Clerissault, sent by 
Mr. J. from Paris in 1785, is still preserved in this 
library. The corner-stone was laid Aug. 18, 1785, 
and it was occupied by the Legislature Oct. 19, 
1789, when not quite completed. 

There is none who clamor for its demolition, and 
a riot would likely ensue were such an effort made. 
Very truly, W. W. Scott, 

Stale Librarian. 
A. S. Roe, Esq., Boston, Mass. 

Here, then, is what those having older Capitols 
than ours think of their possessions. May we 
not congratulate ourselves that our edifice, still 
intact, as it has done for a hundred years, still 
faces the Common where brave Boston boys, in 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 35 

General Gage's time, persisted in coasting, and 
that the dome still greets the rising sun and is 
yet the cynosure of Massachusetts? These are 
the very walls that in 1861 and 1865 stood back 
of John A. Andrew when he reviewed brave sons 
of the Commonwealth as they passed on to do and 
dare, and die if need be. Down upon the Com- 
mon yonder is the towering shaft that Boston 
has erected to the memory of her soldiers, and 
thereon we see the front of this very structure, 
the same one that prompted the hand of the 
sculptor, not one reared on the delusive scheme 
of similar lines. Opposite is the finest specimen 
of memorial art in America.' It commemorates 
a scene in front of this edifice on a beautiful 
morning in May, 1863. There was not an unoc- 
cupied inch of standing room anywhere on Bea- 
con Hill. Was not the Bay State, ever foremost, 
sending to the front the first regiment of colored 
soldiers raised in a free State, and why should 
not humanity stand agog? How proud they 
seemed, those black men by Harvard College 
graduate led. Blood then quick and exultant in 



' The memorial to Robert Gonld Shaw and the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts 
Regiment, by St. Gaudens; dedicated May 31, 1897. 



db THE BULFINXH STATE HOUSE. 

a few brief months was to stiffen in a mingled 
clot of black and white 'neath the guns of grim 
Fort Wagner; but these walls heard the meas- 
ured cadence of those feet that marched on to 
death and immortality, and these same century- 
old bricks echoed back the drum beats of that 
glorious host. The nation was just a half cen- 
tury old when, before this Capitol, was formed 
the procession which, Aug. 2, 1826, marched to 
Faneuil Hall to hear Daniel Webster descant on 
the worth of John Adams, who had passed to 
his reward on the preceding Fourth of July. 
Said an officer of high rank, in the Kebellion: 
" I cannot think of the destruction of the Bul- 
finch State House without feelings of the utmost 
sadness, for there I and all my associates received 
our commissions. We went up those very steps, 
and we don't want a stone or a brick disturbed." 
In Doric Plall many of the flags of the State 
and nation were presented by the war Governor, 
and into the keeping of the State, through that 
same Executive, they were there returned, or 
rather what was left of them, after tire terrible 
story of war was told. 

Still, " jS"o history " is shouted l)y an irrecon- 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 37 

cilable, to whom incidents must have the gloss 
of at least a century to make them worthy of 
any consideration, forgetting that a similar spirit 
would have destroyed the Old South and Fan- 
euil Hall long before their exceeding merit had 
dawned upon our people, and that the genera- 
tions of the future are to regard the scenes and 
deeds of the War of the Rebellion much as we 
esteem those of the Revolution. This whole 
building is fragrant with memories of the days 
when Massachusetts was ready, thanks to the 
energy and foresight of Nathaniel P. Banks and 
the equal energy and determination of John A. 
AndreAV. It was no half-hearted support of war 
measures that the Commonwealth gave. From 
first to last she was, if anything, a little ahead 
of Washington in the urging of decisive action. 
A merchant of Boston is said to have been sum- 
moned to the State House in 1862, when Union 
arms were not winning distinguished victories, 
and on his arrival he found Governor Andrew 
in the Council Chamber signing bonds, and his 
greeting to his visitor was to the effect that 
he, the merchant, must go to Washington. To 
his objection that he could not leave his busi- 



38 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 

ness, the Governor finally said, " I command you 
to go." " Oh, well, then, if you jsut it that 
way I shall have to go." " Do you believe in 
jDrayerV" said the Governor. "Certainly," was 
the answer. " Then let us pray," said John A. 
Andrew, and kneeling there, in that chamber, he 
poured out his soul to God. To quote the mer- 
chant, "I was never so near the throne of God, 
except when my mother died, as I was then." 
His errand was to try to prevail on those in 
authority in "Washington to free the slaves, as a 
needed war measure. After telling his story to 
President Lincoln, the latter said, "When we 
have the Governor of Massachusetts to send us 
troops in the way he has, and when we have him 
utter such prayers for us I have no doubt that 
we shall succeed." The Emancipation Proclama- 
tion came in September, and again the merchant 
was sent for. The scene Avas changed. It was 
no longer praying, for prayer had been answered, 
and they were notes of thanksgiving and praise 
that ascended from that Council Chamber, — a 
scene that should hallow it forever. Together 
Governor and merchant lifted up their voices in 
" Coronation " and "Praise God, from whom all 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 39 

blessings flow," and closed with a march around 
the room to the words of "John Brown's body 
lies a mouldering in the grave, but his soul is 
marching on." If many thousands of visitors 
annually climb the stairs of a hall in Lincoln 
College, Oxford, to see and stand where met the 
Holy Club of the Wesleys and Whitfield, may 
we not expect, in the years to come, that tour- 
ists, black and white, shall ask of the keepers 
here, "Where is the place in which the great 
war Governor prayed and sang on account of 
the enslaved African ? " 

All but three of the governors of the Com- 
monwealth under the Constitution have Avrought 
within yonder chamber. Not including those 
Avho served as acting Governors, the number is 
thirty-two. Hancock, Bowdoiu and Adams had 
jjassed out of office or life before this day, a cen- 
tury since; but could we recall all that the sub- 
sequent Executives have done in their chamber, 
we should have the stor}^ of the political history 
of Massachusetts well in hand. Sumner, Sullivan 
and Eustis died in office. Caleb Strong came 
to his position after his service in the United 
States Senate. Elbridge Gerry went hence to 




GEORGE S. BOUTWELL. 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 41 

State and nation.^ We must j^ass over eighteen 
years before coming to another surviving Chief 
Magistrate, William Claflin, one of the few busi- 
ness men thus j^romoted. In so doing Ave see 
John H. Cliftbrd, Emory Washburn, Henry 
Gardner of Know-nothing fame, X. P. Banks, 
John A. Andrew and Alexander H. Bullock, 
one of the most polished gentlemen who ever 
held the office. Following Governor Claflin 
came William B. Washburn, who resigned to 
enter the United States Senate, and Thomas 
Talbot filled out the unexijired term. Then 
came a single year of William Gaston, then 
Alexander H. Eice; and some of us will never 
forget the affecting words of the aged man as 
he appeared before a committee Avith refei-ence 
to the preservation of this very edifice. " I was 
but a boy," said he, " when my eyes first rested 
on the distant dome, and never from that day to 
this have I failed to admire its proportions and 
to revere Avhat it and the building beneath stand 
for. I pray you let no harm come upon it." 

' George S. Boutwell was born Jan. 28, 1818. It is a remarkable fact that six 
other governors of the Commonwealtli were born in the same year. In the order 
of their executive service their names are : Henry J. Gardner, John A. .Andrew, 
William Claflin, Alexander H. Rice, Thomas Talbot and Benjamin F. Butler. 
Boutwell and Claflin are the only survivors . 



42 



THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 



Tears were in his eyes and a tremor in his voice 
as he spoke these words. Then followed Thomas 
Talbot and John D. Long. The year of varied 
action under Gen. Benjamin F. Butler will not 
soon be forgotten. George D. Robinson suc- 
ceeded, with Oliver Ames and John Q. A. 
Brackett in order. Many here can still see the 
scholarly face of William E. Russell, recall his 
gentle voice, the characteristic smile; and with 
sadness Ave follow him down to the wilds of 
Quebec, on the Little Pabos River, there, eight 
hundred miles from his home and kindred, to fall 
upon the sleep that knows no waking. Then 
came Frederic T. Greenhalge, and he was the 
last Governor to occupy the chamber before the 
renovation. His successor, our own Gov. Roger 
Wolcott, leads the procession back to the haunts 
of old. 

The Council Chamber, could it reveal its 
secrets, would furnish material for manj^ a dis- 
course; but its sittings are not for the pul)lic 
eye nor ear. Suffice it to say that the names of 
many men, tried and true, have been found upon 
its records, and the Commonwealth is not yet 
ready to dispense with the Governor's Council. 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. " 43 

The Green Room, a creation after Bulfinch''s 
day, is now a memory. Tewksbury investigation, 
woman suffrage hearings and Meigs elevated 
raih'oad schemes are all inextricably blended in 
its associations. A like fate has befallen the 
Blue Room, on the east side, over the old Senate 
Chamber. It, too, was a necessity, worked in to 
give space for the many committees, but was no 
part of the plans of the original architect. In 
the revision, or, better, the return, it has no place. 
The little better than holes in the wall, into which 
committees were of necessity crowded, in the 
revived building are not found; rather there is 
an effort to replace the partitions and rooms as 
they were originally. 

If noteworthy omissions are found in various 
parts of the edifice, we may congratulate our- 
selves that the beautiful Senate Chamber remains 
intact. Few rooms have ever secured warmer 
words of commendation than this, in which for 
ninety-nine years the Senate of the Common- 
wealth had its sittings. Said a distinguished 
Frenchman, to Avhom the architecture of the old 
world was familiar, "Here is something beauti- 
ful," and strangely wanting in appreciation must 



44 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 

be that soul which is not elevated at the sight 
of the simple yet perfect adornments of this 
chamber. Rufus Choate called it the finest leg- 
islative room in the world. In the olden times 
there were fireplaces on the east side, and upon 
one mantle-piece might be found a box of snuff 
for popular use; upon the other, a generous col- 
lection of camomile flowers for the comfort of 
honorable senators. 

Barring the few weeks spent by the Senate 
at the beginning of the session of 1895 in the 
quarters subsequently occupied by the Governor 
and Council in the extension, the Massachusetts 
Senate was found in this room during the ses- 
sions of the Legislature till June 10, 189(3. 
There are in this chamber to-day men whose 
fortune it has been to sit as Representatives 
here when the room was known as Representa- 
tives'' Hall. It was theirs to assist in the inau- 
guration of the new hall in the later Iniilding. 
The following year they formed a part of the 
valedictory session in the old Senate Chamber, 
whence they went in 1897 to the temporary 
room, ingeniously fashioned out of what is to be 
the gallery of the Memorial Hall, a place already 




SAMUEL PHILLIPS. 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 45 

destroyed, so that no man may see jnst where 
we met for the sittings of that year, and then 
they come back to this old hall, hereafter to be 
known as the Senate Chamber. Truly they have 
known the State House during its transitional 
period. 

For the nonce, however, let us fancy ourselves 
in the old chamber, hallowed by its century of 
associations, and see, if we can, the room as it 
must have appeared when, headed by Samuel 
Phillips, the Senators of 1798 filed into their 
new positions. Powdered hair, cues with eel- 
skin ties, gaudy waistcoats and knee breeches, 
all terminating in enormous silver shoe buckles, 
were then quite in vogue. The President* was 
a gentleman of the old school, of the same stock 
which gave us so many distinguished men, him- 
self the benefactor and organizer of the famous 
Phillips Academy at Andover. For fifteen years 



> Samuel Phillips, the fifth Samuel in the direct descent from the Rev. George 
Phillips of Watertown, was born in Andover, Feb 5, 1752. He died there, Feb. 
10, 1802. Graduated from Harvard in 1771, he was early drawn to the patriot 
cause during the Revolution, and for twenty years was a member of the Senate. 
He was a judge of the court of common pleas, 1781-89, and was Lieutenant- 
Governor when he died. He will ever be remembered for his distinguished ser- 
vices to the cause of education, for it was through his prompting that his father, 
Samuel, and his uncle, John, respectively, gave their fortunes to found the acad- 
emies in Andover and Exeter, N. H. His wisdom directed what they gave and 
he was himself a liberal giver to the same cause. 



46 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 

he presided over the Senate, by far the longest 
term ever accorded to any one man, the nearest 
approach being the career of his relative, John 
Phillips,^ who wielded the gavel ten years, or 
from 1813 to 1823, inclnsive. The latter was the 
first mayor of Boston. From the list of Senate 
Presidents it is interesting to note that Harrison 
Grray Otis, Nathaniel Silsbee and Henry Wilson 
became United States Senators, the latter Vice- 
President. The position can hardly be called a 
stejaping stone to the governorshij), since only one 
presiding officer, William Clafiin, was thus pro- 
moted. We may add the name of Samuel Adams, 
bi;t he never presided in this building, his term 
being in the older structure of State Street. 
From Samuel Phillips to George E. Smith, both 
inclusive, fifty-two men have presided in this 
edifice, though the latter not in the old cham- 
ber. During these years, under the Constitution, 
nearly two thousand men have had the right to 
prefix Honorable to their names through service 



' John Phillips was born in Boston, Nov. 26, 1770, and died there. May 23, 
1823. He was graduated from Harvard in 1788, and became a lawyer. He was 
a member of the Senate nineteen years, dying in office. As the father of Wen- 
dell Fhillips, he is entitled to enduring fame. 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 47 

as Senators. In the earlier times it was common 
for men to be elected to both branches at the 
same time, and they could then take their choice. 
In those days mails were slow, and one man, 
coming down from the western part of the 
'State, presented his certificate of election to 
the House, was sworn in and assigned a seat. 
Later came delayed credentials as a Senator-elect, 
whereupon he presented the same, and claimed 
the privilege of being sworn in. A debate, last- 
ing two days, followed as to whether he could 
be sworn in twice in the same session; and the 
decision was against him, it being ruled that he 
had already made his selection when he was ad- 
mitted to the House. To look through the list 
of Senators during these years would be to read 
the names of some of the most distinguished men 
who have claimed Massachusetts as their home. 
The Adamses, Sam., John Quincy and Charles 
Francis, were here; Charles Allen, of Free Soil 
Party fame ; " Billy " Gray, the merchant prince 
of Salem; Samuel Hoar and his two sons, George 
F. and E. Kockwood; Peter Bryant, the father 
of the poet; Burlingame, Choate, Butler; the 



48 THE DULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 

Lincolns, father and son; and a ho.st of others 
whose names have been sounded far by the 
trump of Fame. 

The neeessity of a Senate as Avell as a Board 
of Aldermen in our cities has long been a mooted 
question. In the early days of our nation the 
matter was debated before General AVashington 
wliiU' lu' was dining witli several nu-n of note, 
he taking the position that the upper branch 
was a desirable feature in legislation. " Hut what 
good does it do, any way?" queries the doubter 
as to its utility. Says the First President, " I 
observi' that you pour your tea from tlie euj) 
into tlie saueer before drinking. Wliy do you 
do tliatV" ''To cool it, of course," was tlie ready 
and reasonable reply. '' That is just the reason 
that T advocate a Senate," was the General's state- 
ment ; •• much of our legislation needs a deal of 
cooling." It is well known that foi- many years 
the Senate has been stigmatized l)y somu- miiu- 
bers of the House, when in a i)etulant mood, as 
a "graveyard of House bills." l*ei-haps no more 
bills proportionall}' fail in the Senate tliaii in the 
House, for so iiiany more ai-e I'epoi-ted in the 
lattt'r place; but wlieii the smoke of action has 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 49 

cleared away, there are few who do not agree 
that second consideration in either House is likely 
to be a cooling one and the public is the better 
for the process. At the dinner given to Stephen 
N. Gifford, March 10, 1882, after twenty-five 
consecutive j^ears of service as clerk of the 
Senate, Ex-Gov. and Gen. ]^, P. Banks uttered 
these words : " I take pleasure in saying that, 
with regard to the variety of the interests dis- 
cussed, the novelty of questions, the power 
brought into the discussion of these questions 
in the Senate of Massachusetts, where in 1874 
I was a member, I would be better pleased to 
have preserved my record in that session than 
any other part of my life." 

The i^rimordial cell has long been the subject 
of quest by scientists. Everything has a begin- 
ning, but that prime cause is oftentimes more a 
source of wonder than the result. Massachusetts 
freemen from the onset either spoke for them- 
selves or through their representatives. Two 
classes of legislators appear to have had a being, 
but they voted together and had no negative upon 
each other till 1643, when a final separation came, 
as the result of so insignificant an affair as a 



50 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 

quarrel over a specimen of the genus sus, — in 
otlier words, a sow. ^Winthroj), in his history of 
Kew England, says: '' At the same general court 
there fell out a great business upon a very small 
occasion. Anno, 1(330, there was a stray sow in 
Boston wliich was brought to Captain Keayne, 
he had it cried divers times, and divers came to 
see it, but none made claim to it for near a 
year. lie kept it in his yard with a sow of his 
own. Afti'rwards one .'^Herman's wife, having 
lost such a sow, laid claim to it, Itut came not 
to see it, till ( "aptain Keayne had killed his own 
sow. The noyse hereof being spread about the 
town, the matter was brought before the elders 
of the churclies. a case of offence; many wit- 
nesses were examined and Captain Keayne was 
cleared." It appears that, not satisfied with the 
verdict, Mrs. Sherman, instigated thereto by one 
George Story, a somewhat irresponsible char- 
acter, carried the matter before the inferior court 
then sitting in Boston, where, after a full hear- 
ing, tile captain was again cleared, ami thri-e 
l)Ounds for costs were awarded l)y the court. 
Whereupon the captain brought suit against 
Mrs. Sherman and Story for twenty ]>onnds dam- 



ADDRKSS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 51 

ages, on account of the i-eport circulated by them 
that lie had .stolen tlie sow, and recovered, ^ext 
the matter g-ets into the General Court, where 
for the better part of seven days it occupies the 
attention of the Solons of that remote period. 
The issue of this tempest in a teapot was the 
adoption, March 7, 1643-44, of a resolution empow- 
ering the separate sittings of the two branches 
and their independent voting, along with the 
necessity of concurrent action to warrant the 
enactment of a law. 

The Constitution under which we still act 
provided for the election of forty Senators, from 
stated districts; ])ut at the start there was a 
queer provision, that from this number there 
should be chosen, by the Senators and Represent- 
atives meeting in the same room, nine Council- 
lors, not more than two of whom should come 
from the same senatorial district. The districts 
were re-arranged from time to time by the Gen- 
eral Court, the number of Senators depending on 
the amount of taxable property within the dis- 
trict. This qualification disaj^peared by amend- 
ment in 1840. After the Councillors were elected, 
there were left only thirty-one Senators, and ere 



52 THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 

long the gentlemen elected to the Honorable 
Council were wont to decline the honor, thus 
necessitating their selection from the ontside, 
and the Senate retained a larger number. "With 
the disappearance of the property qualification 
came the election of Senators by the system in 
vogue to-day. 

Eighteen different men have been clerks of 
this body, the longest term of service having 
been that rendered by Stephen N. Gifford, who 
died Avhile serving his twenty-eighth term.^ 
Henry D. Coolidge has been the efficient officer 
since 1889. 

Many Senators of these later days would 
think our references incomplete were no men- 
tion made of the venerable gentleman who for 
so many years has opened our sessions with 
pi-ayer. Formerly a Senator, 1869 and 1870, 
the Rev. Edmund Dowse became our chaplain 
in 1880. Born in 1813, it may be doubted 

' Stephen Nye Gifford was born in Pembroke, July 21, 1815. His early 
advantages were limited, bnt he secured a fair education at the academies of 
Hanson and Bridfcewater. l"or siioral yrars he was a teacher. In 1850 he rep- 
resented Duxbury iu tlic (icnii.d i I. During 1851 he was a Boston custom 

house inspector. He servr.l a. ;iv~i^I;mii cirrii of the Senate in 1851; bad a sim- 
ilar place in the House diuin,^ tho I'ollouiiig year. During that year he was 
chosen auditor by the Legislature. Agaiu in 1857 he was assistant clerk of the 
House. In 1858 he began his long term of service in the Senate, ending only 
with his death, April 18, 1886. 




MCMRY COOLiCXif 




EDMUND DOWSE. 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 



53 



whether any chaplain in any State can show 
a better record at the same venerable age.' 

Of course the thread of legislation has run 
more or less evenly during these many years. 
There have been acerbities and amenities, and 
occasionally the repose of the day has been 
varied by unexpected episodes. Visitors of note 
have had their introduction and greetings and 



' Rev. Edmand Dowse was born in Sherborn, Sept. 17, 1813. He was grad- 
uated from Amherst College in 1836. He was ordained and installed pastor of 
I'llgnm Congregational Cln.rch in his native town in 1838, and there he is to-day 
probably the longest settled pastor in the Commonwealth. During all this time ' 
he has had no associate in the pastorate, and, in addition to clerical duties he 
has been a member of the school committee as well. In 1886 his alma mater 
honored him with the title of Doctor of Divinity. 

In this connection, it will not be amiss to name those who have preceded Dr. 
Dowse m his office. Nearly every name is a noted one, and worthy of pa-es of 
praise j but the list can include only names and dates : - 



1 Samuel Cooper, 1780, 1783; dying 

in office, he was succeeded, the 
same year, by Joseph Eckley. 

2 John Clark, 1781. 

3 Joseph Eckley, 1782-1784. 

4 Peter Thacher, 1785-1789, 1792- 

1802. 

5 Samuel Stillman, 1790. 

6 Jeremy Belknap, 1791. 

7 William Emerson, 1803-1806. 

8 Thomas Baldivin, 1807, 1811, 1812. 

9 Joseph S. Buckminster, 1808-1810. 
3 John Lothrop, 1813-1815. 

1 Francis Parkman, 1816, 1817. 

2 Henry Ware, Jr., 1818 

5 John G. Palfrey, 1819, 1820. 

i John Pierpont, 1821. 

) James Walker, 1822, 1823. 

) Daniel Sharp, 1824. 

' Samuel Barrett, 1825. 

i Francis Wayland, 1826. 

I William Jenks, 1827. 1828. 



20 Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1829. 

21 Howard Malcolm, 1830. 

22 Alonzo Potter, 1831. 

23 F. W. P. Greenwood, 1832, 183 

24 George W. Blagden, 1833. 

25 Chandler RoWMns, 1834. 

26 Hubbard Winslow, 1835. 

27 Nehemiah Adams, 1837. 

28 Ralph Sanger, 1838. 

29 Wm. M. Roberts, 1839. 

30 Daniel M. Lord, 1840. 

31 Thomas M. Clark, Jr., 1841. 

32 Joseph H. Towne, 1842. 

33 Wm. M. Rogers, 1843. 

34 James F. Clarke, 1844. 
33 John T. Burrill, 1845. 

36 Amos Smith, 1846. 

37 Austin Phelps, 1847. 

38 Cyrus A. Bartol, 1848. 

39 Isaac P. Langworthy, 1849. 

40 Jas. I. T. Coolidge, 1850. 

41 Andrew L. Stone, 1851. 



54 



THE BULFINCH STATE HOUSE. 



have g'onc hence with recollections of our cham- 
ber and occupants. One of these scenes has a 
particularly vivid place in the memories of some. 
It was April 27, 189G, the birthday of General 
Grant. Three men were introduced to us. All 
were here on account of Grant's natal day. Two 
are Senators of the United States from the west, 
the third is General James Longstreet from 
Georgia, a Confedei-ate leader, second to Robert 
E. Lee only. lie was one of the few soldiers 
of the lost c-ause who, when tlie war was done, 
not only laid down their ai-ins. ])ut actually 
ceased fighting. To the observer, seeing only 
the present, there appeared a tall man with 
somewhat stooped shoulders, whose blanched 
locks and face told of nearly four-score years 



42 Warren Burton, 1852. 

43 J. S. D. Farnsworth, 1853. 

44 A. H.HurlinRham, 1854. 
4.'i Lyman WhitinR, 18.56. 

46 Daniel C. Eddy, 18.'i6. 

47 John P. Cleveland, 1857. 

48 Arthur B. Fuller, 18.">8. 

49 Jacob D. Manning, 1859. 

50 Joseph Marsh, 1800. 

51 Alfred S. I'atlon. 1861. 

52 Edward W. Clark, 1862, 1863. 

53 Alonio A. Miner, 1864. 



54 Georeo E. Ellis, 1865. 
5.') Janii-s B. Miles, 1860. 
56 Charles E. llced, 1867. 
67 Henry Morimn, 1868. 

58 Edward N. Kirk, 1869. 

59 John O. Means, 1870. 

60 Samuel W. Foljamlw, 1871. 

61 Edward AMnjIt, 1872. 1873. 

62 Alexis W. Ide. 1874. 

63 Oeortfc F. Warren, 1875. 

64 Isaac Dunham, 1876-1879. 

6,^ EdiuuuJ Dowse, 1880 to date. 



Till railroads rendered locomotion easier, chaplains were sonsht in Boston. 
For the tirst sixty rears nearly or quite every one was a local clergyman, and 
since that date they have come from the near regions. 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. OO 

of living; but among the onlookers were some 
before whom the years of long ago were pass- 
ing in rapid succession. They saw the grim, 
silent soldier sitting his steed on Seminary Eidge, 
Gettysburg, and it was the nod of that head 
which sent Pickett and his men over that ter- 
rible space towards the high-water mark of the 
Rebellion, — a failure, but the most glorious 
charge in history. Again they see him trans- 
ported to the south-west, commanding the left 
wing of Bragg's army at Chickamauga, and 
with the observation born of genius, detecting 
the weak point in the Union lines, they see him 
hurling Hood and his followers upon the devoted 
Thomas with such force and fuiy that none save 
that rock could resist. Once more the scene 
changes. It is at Appomattox. The cause is 
forever lost. Lee has surrendered, and then it 
is that our own Ulysses takes one of those arms 
before us, greets the friend of other days, and 
says, "Jim, how are the folks at home?" Now 
the great Confederate utters only these few but 
happy words : " The time was when it was the 
height of my ambition to caj^ture Boston. To- 
day I have found it a very easy task, though 



5b THE BLLKINCH STATE HOUSE. 

on somewhat different lines from those of '61 
and '65." 

The necessary aljsenoc from tlie ohl cliainht-r, 
during the reiJairs, made it evident that enlarged 
quarters were necessary, and the old Kepresenta- 
tives' Hall was assigned as thi- future location of 
this branch, and here we are to-day. Possibly 
if Senators had been consulted they would have 
taken with them the helmet, sword and drum 
recalling Bennington and John Stark, the Lex- 
ington muskt't and the British gun captured at 
Concord; still, surrounded as thi-y are by the 
faces of former Governoi's of the Connnon- 
Avealth, they are fittingly placed. We miss 
some objects formerly seen in this place. The 
tloor is changed, the seating altered, but the 
general effect is much nearer that of a century 
ago than any one of us ever saw before. We 
lack the codfish, but we reflect that he is in 
good and congenial company, among old friends, 
and we wish all concerned long years of mutual 
enjoyment. For a century fair faces have looked 
down into this arena from the east gallery, and 
fnmi that opposite this platform the families of 
executives taking the oath of ofliee have regarded 



ADDRESS BY ALFRED SEELYE ROE. 57 

the scene. In the west gallery have assembled 
observers to its full capacity. Again they are all 
filled with the jmblic and for the public's good. 
The Legislature of Massachusetts has no secret 
sessions. 

Finally the dream of many a loyal Massachu- 
setts heart is made real on this occasion. Gen. 
Francis A. "Walker deemed the effort to destroy 
little l^etter than profanation, and were he with 
us, how would his voice join in acclaim over the 
restoi-ation ! The old State House stands, visible 
from afar — 

" First glimpse of the sailor who makes the harbor round, 
And last slow-fading yision dear to the outward bound." 

From the cupola unnumbered thousands will, 
in the years to come, enjoy the sights there 
afforded, and the dome, whether gilded or painted, 
will continue to greet the gaze of sons and 
daughters of the Bay State as they near this 
Massachusetts mecca. Its curved surface must 
have caught the sound of the guns of the 
" Chesapeake " when brave Lawrence exclaimed, 
"Don't give up the ship." Like Olivet over 
Jerusalem, it watches the tides in the affairs of 



58 THE BULFINXH STATK HOUSE. 

men. It has noted the changes of a century, 
and is still the most observed of all that Boston 
has to present; and on this morning I fancy its 
spirit may have greeted that of the Old South, 
saying, " I too am getting along in years, liut I 
begin my second century hail and hearty." And 
then further off a greeting goes to dear Old 
Faneuil Hall, with the words, "Your sacred 
relics are now no more safe than niiuf." With 
a hi'arty " Good morning " goes a ringing salute 
to the monument, on Bunker Hill, "Like j'ou, 
firmly rooted and securely builded, I am here to 
stay. Together let us hold the fort." 

May the day be far distant wiuii this edifice 
shall l)e any less a source of joy and pridi- ti) all 
beholders. May it be to Boston and to Massa- 
chusetts what St. Paul's is to London, the Castle 
to Edinburgh, — a place " "Whither the tribes go 
up. the tribes of tlic Lord, unto tiic tt'stimoiiy 
of Israel, to give thanks unto the nami' of the 
Lord." 



APPENDIX. 

Executive a:nd Legislative 
Departments of the Government 

Commonlncaltlj of Ulassurbusttts. 



1898. 




WINTHROP MURRAY CRANE. 



Executive Department. 



HIS EXCEUUEfJCY 

Roger Wolcott of Boston, 

OOVER^lOf?. 



HIS HOHOR 

W. Murray Crane of Dalton, 

llIEUTBf^ANT GOVEHfJOR. 



coxjisrciL. 



District 

NHTHHNIEL F. RYDER . 



BENJAMIN S. LOYELL 



GEORGE N. SWALLOW 



JOHN H. SULLIVRN 



District V. 

HORACE H. flTHERTON . 



ELISHA H. SHRW 



of Middleborougti. 

of Weynqoiitli. 

of Bostorj. 

of Bostor\. 

of Saugus. 

of CtieliTisford. 



ALLEN L. JOSLIN 



District VIII. 

WILLIAffi B. PLUNKETT. 



of Oxford. 



EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. 

EDWARD F. HAJViLIN .... of Newton. 




GEORGE E. SMITH. 



Senate. 



PRESIDENT. 

HON. GEORGE E. SMITH, 



HENRY D. COOUDGE 

ASSISTANT CLERK. 

WILLIAM H. SANGER. .... 


Concord. 
Boston. 


NAME. 


ADDRESS. 


DISTRICT. 


Bailey, Charles 0., . 
Barber, Harding R., . 
Bennett, Josiah C, . 
Blacli, William R., . 
Bouv^, ^^•alter L., . 
Brigham, William H., 
Chamberlain, Loyed E., 
Cook, William H., . 
Crane, EUery B., . 
Dallinger, Frederick W., 
Davis, William W., . 
Fairbank, Wilson H., 
Farley, Joseph B., . 
Flint, James H., 
Flynn, Joseph J., . 






Newbury, . 
Athol, . . 
Lynn, . . . 
Taunton, 

Hingham, . . 
Hudson, 
Brockton, . 
Milford, . . 
Worcester, . . 
Cambridge, . 
Boston, . 
Warren, 

Erving, . . ] 
Weymouth, . 
Lawrence, . 


Third Essex. 
Third Worcester, 
First Essex. 
First Bristol. 
First Plymouth. 
Sixth Middlesex. 
Second Plymouth. 
Fifth Worcester. 
First Worcester. 
Second Middlesex. 
Eighth Suffolk. 
Fourth Worcester. 
Franklin and 

Hampshire. 
First Norfolk. 
Fifth Essex. 



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Senate - concluded. 



NAME. 




ADDRESS. 


DISTRICT. 


Folsom, Charles E., . 




Boston, . 


Seventh Suffolk. 


Gallivan, James A., 








Boston, . 


Sixth SutTolk. 


Gauss, John D. H., 








Salem, . 


Second Essex. 


George, Samuel W., 








Haverhill, . 


Fourth Essex. 


Harwood, Albert L., 








Newton, 


First Middlesex. 


Hayes, James E.,' 








Boston, . . . 


Second Suffolk. 


Hodgkins, William H 


., 






Somerville, . 


Third Middlesex. 


Holden, Joshua B., 
Irwin, Richard W., 
Leach, William W., 








Boston, . 

Northampton, j 
Palmer, 


Ninth Suffolk. 
Berkshire and 
Hampshire. 
First Hampden. 


Mahoney, William B 


, 






AVestfield, . 


Second Hampden. 


Moran, William, 








Fall River, . 


Second Bristol. 


Morse, AVilliam A., 








Tisbury, 


Cape. 


Parsons, Henry, 








Marlborough, 


Fifth Middlesex. 


Putnam, George E., 








Lowell, . 


Seventh Middlesex. 


Quirk, Charles I., 








Boston, . 


Fourth Suffolk. 


Roberts, Ernest W., 








Boston, . 


First Suffolk. 


Roe, Alfred S., . 








AVorcester, . 


Second AVorcester. 


Rourke, Daniel D., 








Boston, . 


Third Suffolk. 


Shaw, David B.,> 








Boston, . 


Second Suffolk. 


Smith, George E., 








Everett,. . . 


Fourth Middlesex. 


Soule, RufuB A., 








New Bedford, 


Third Bristol. 


Towle, William AV., 








Boston, . 


Fifth Suffolk. 


Whittlesey, William A., 






Pittsfield, . 


Berkshire. 


Williams, Fred H., . 
Woodward, Charles F., 






Brookline, . 
Wakefield, . | 


Second Norfolk. 
Middlesex and 
Essex. 



Elected to succeed James E. Hayes, deceased. 




JOHN L. BATES. 



House of Representatives. 



SPEAKER. 

HON. JOHN L BATES, . 



Boston, 



JAMES W. KIMBALL. 



Lynn. 



ASSISTANT CLERK. 

FRANK E. BR IDG MAN, . 



NAME. 


DISTRICT. 


ADDRESS. 


Adams, Austin F., . 




3, Worcester, 


Barre Plains. 


Allen, Rollin M., . 




1, Nantucket, 


Nantucket. 


Allen, Romeo E., . . 




9, Worcester, 


Shrewsbury. 


Allen, S. Augustus, . 




9, Hampden, . 


Westfield. 


Ames, Butler, . 




27, Middlesex, . 


Lowell. 


Andrews, Richard F., Jr., 




21, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Anthony, Julius C, . 




3, Berkshire, 


Adams. 


Apsey, Albert S., 




5, Middlesex, . 


Boston. 


Attwill, Henrr C, . 




13, Essex, . 


Lynn. 


Baehelder, Thomas C, 




20. Suffolk, . . 


Dorchester. 


Balcom, George, 




21, Middlesex, . 


Marlborough. 


Baldwin, John E., . . 




14, Suffolk, . . 


South Boston. 


Barnard, Frank W., . 




2, Bristol, . 


Mansfield. 


Bartlett, George H., . 




5, Essex, . 


Haverhill. 



6G 



Al'l-KNUIX. 



House of Representatives -continued. 



DISTRICT. 



ADDRESS. 



Bartlett, Junatlmn B. L., 
Bates. John L, . 
Battles, David W., . 
BceJe, Charles 0., . 
Belcher, Henry .\., . 
Bemis, GcorRe E., 
Bennett, Frank P., . 
Bickford, Scott F., . 
Bisbee, Horatio, 
Blaney, OsRood C, . 
Blciler, John, 
Bosworth, Henry H., 
Bottomly, Jerome, . 
Bontn-ell, Harvey L., 
Boynton, Warren, 
Breath, Melvin L., . 
Bresnahan, Hugh W., 
Bridgeo, William, 
Brooks, Oscar T., 
Brown, Charles F.., . 
Bullock, William J., . 
Burgess, Albert H., . 
Callender, Edward II., 
Campliell, .\ndrew, . 
Carl»crry, James F., . 
Carleton, George H., . 
Chandler, Leonard D., 



24, Suffolk, . 
1, SulTolk, . 

11, PlyraontU, 

12, Essex, . 

7, Norfolk, . 

1, Franklin, 

14, Essex, . 
28, Suflblk, . 

2, Hampshire, 

16, Suffolk, . 
22, Suffolk, . 

4, Hampden, 
6, Worcester, 
11, Middlesex, 
22, Esrex, . 
26, Suffolk, . 

13, Suffolk. . 

15, Essex, . 
I, Worcester, 

17, Middlesex, 

8, Bristol, . 
13, Worcester, 
24, Suffolk, . 

9, Hampden, 
19, Worcester, 

4, Essex, . 
8, Middlesex, 



Mattapan. 

East Boston. 

Brockton. 

Lynn. 

Randolph. 

Charlemont. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Chesterfield. 

Dorchester. 

Uoxbury. 

Springfield. 

Cherry Valley 

Leicester, 
liostuu. 

Ipsn-icb. 

Chelsea. 

Boston. 

.Morblehead. 

Alhol. 

Concord. 

New Bedford. 

Fitchburg. 

Dorchester. 

Westflcld. 

Worcester. 

Haverhill. 

Somcrvllle. 



67 



House of Representatives -continued. 



NAME. 


DISTRICT. 


ADDRESS. 


Chappie, William 11 


16, Essex. . 


Salem. 


Clancy, James B., . 






13, Suffolk, . 


South Boston. 


Clarke, Albert, . 






9, Norfolk, . . 


Boston. 


Gierke, Charles S., . 






10, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Codman, James M., Jr., 






2, Norfolk, . . 


Boston. 


Cole, Samuel, . 






19, Essex, . 


Beveriy. 


Connolly, John W., . 






9, Bristol, . . 


Fall River. 


Conroy, Thomas A., . 






18, Suffolk, . 


Eoxbury. 


Cooke, Walter S. V., 






10, Worcester, . 


Milford. 


Coolidge, Daniel S., . 






4, Middlesex, . 


Cambridgeport. 


Coombs, George W., . 






20, Worcester, 


Worcester. 


Crawford, Fred E., . 






14, Middlesex, . 


Watertown. 


Crocker, Thomas W., 






8, Plymouth, . 


Bridgewater. 


Crosby, Alfred R., . 






I.Bristol, . 


Attleborongh. 


Crosby, Henry V., . 






5, Worcester, 


Brookfield. 


Crouch, Charles S., . 






l,Hampshu:e, . 


Northampton. 


CuUinane, Richard, . 






7, Essex, . . 


Lawrence. 


Curtis, William, 






8, Norfolk, . . 


Stoughton. 


Dalton, J. Frank, . 






17, Essex, . 


Salem. 


Davis, Daniel W., 






1, Essex, . . 


Amesbary. 


Davis, William R., . 






2, Middlesex, . 


Cambridgeport. 


Dean, Charles A., . 






29, Middlesex, . 


Wakefield. 


Dean, Charles L., . . 






11, Middlesex, . 


Maiden. 


Denham, Thomas M., 






7, Bristol, . . 


New Bedford. 


Donahue, Thomas, . 






10, Bristol, . . 


Fall River. 


Donovan, Eugene E., 






3, Bristol, . 


Taunton. 


Dooling, Thomas J., . 






7, Hampden, . 


Holyoke. 



AI'PKNDIX. 



House of Representatives -continued. 



NAME. 



DISTRICT. 



Drake, Frederic I*., 
Draper, Henry J., 
Driscoll, Daniel J., 
Dnbnqne, Hugo A., 
Duiuoml, John B., 
England, Daniel, 
Estcs, Kagene B., 
Estoy, Francis W'., 
Fanner, Frank II., 
Farrar, Francis F., 
Favor, John, 
Fay, Asa B., 
Feneno, John J., 
FiUgerald, William 
Folsoni, Alhert T., 
Foster, Harry C, 
Francis, Frank W., 
Frederick, George G- 
Fuller, George F., 
Oaddis, Micbacl E., . 
Garrity, Richard W., 
Gartland, John J , Jr 
Gaylord, Henry E., 
Gilnian, Moses D., 
Glcason, David J., 
Gove, Otis M., . 
Grant, Oliver S., 



4, Norfolk, . 

26, Middlesex, 

6, Hampden, 

11, Bristol, . 

12, Suffolk, . 
4, Berkshire, 
9, Plymouth, 

23, Suffolk, . 

27, Middlesex, 

13, Worcester, 
j 20, Essex, . 

11, Worcester, 
19, Suffolk, . 

7, Suffolk, . 
4, Hampden, 

19, Essex, . 

8, Bristol, . 
6, Essex, 

3, Hampden, 

18, Suffolk, . 
U.Suffolk, . 

9, Suffolk, . 
3, Hampshire, 

16, Worcester, 
U.Suffolk, . 
15, Middlesex, 

19, Suffolk, . 



Canton. 

Lowell. 

Chlcopce. 

Fall River. 

Boston. 

Pittsfield. 

Brockton. 

Roslindale. 

Tewksbury. 

Fitchlmrg. 

Gloucester. 

Northliorougb. 

Roxbury. 

Boston. 

Springfield. 

Boston. 

Xew Bedford. 

Methuen. 

Springfield. 

Boston. 
I Roxbury. 

Boston. 

So. Hadley Falls. 
I Worcester. 

South Boston. 
. Walthaui. 

Boston. 



APPENDIX. 



09 



House of Representatives - 


Continued. 


NAME. 


DISTRICT. 


ADDRESS. 


Grimes, James W 


28, Middlesex. . 


Boston. 


Hall, Almon E., 






2, Berkshire, 


Williamstown. 


Hall, Amos E., . 






10, Middlesex, . 


Everett. 


Hall, Luther, . 






2, Barnstable, . 


Dennis. 


Hammond, Frederick, 






25, Suffolk, . 


Allston. 


Harlow, Franklin P., 






.5, Plymouth, . 


Whitman. 


Harwood, George F., 






U, Essex, . 


Lynn. 


Haskins, Leander M., 






21, Essex, . 


Boston. 


Hawes, Martin E., . 






G, Norfolk, . 


East Weymouth. 


Hayes, Alfred S., 






12, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Hayes, William H. I., 






26, Middlesex, . 


Lowell; 


Hayward, Albert F., 






16, Middlesex, 


Newton Highlands. 


Hemphill, Ashton E., 






8, Hampden, 


Holyoke. 


Hill, John W., . 






1, Hampshire, . 


Williamsburg. 


Hiscox, Albert F., . 






7, Worcester, 


Webster. 


Hoag, Charles E., . 






5, Hampden, 


Springfield. 


Holton, Seba A., 






1, Barnstable, . 


Falmouth. 


Horgan, Francis J., . 






S.Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


How, Carleton F., . 






3, Essex, . . 


Haverhill. 


Howard, "Walter F., . 






11. Worcester, . 


Clinton. 


Howe, Rufus, . 






22, Middlesex, . 


Hudson. 


Hoyt, Edward H., . 






9, Essex, . . 


HaverhlU. 


Huntress, Franklin E., 






7, Middlesex, . 


Boston. 


Innes, Charles H., . 






10, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Johnson, Charles R., 






21, AVorcester, 


Worcester. 


Jones, George R., 






31, Middlesex, . 


Boston. 


Jones, Melville D., . 






7, Middlesex, . 


Somerville. 



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House of Representatives -continued. 



NAME. 


DISTRICT. 


ADDRESS. 


Jones, Michael B 


10, Bristol, . 


Fall Uiver. 


Josselyn, William A., 






2, Plymouth, 


North Pembroke. 


Joubert, Joseph U , . 






7, Essex, . . 


Lawrence. 


Kane, Daniel J., 






C, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Keith, Charles P , . 






4, Middlesex, 


Cambri.lgeport. 


KoUs, William. Jr., . 






I.-i, Suffolk, . 


South Boston. 


Kelly, John L., . . 






2, Suffolk, . 


East Boston. 


Keneflck, Thomas W., 






1, Hampden, . 


Palmer. 


Kiley, Daniel J., 






S.Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Kins, Arthur D., . 






2, Hampden, . 


North Wilbraham. 


King, Randolph V., . 






22, Suffolk, . 




Kyle, William S., . 






1, Plymouth, . 


Plymouth. 


Lang, William A., . 






2.'., Middlesex. . 


Lowell. 


Learoyil, Aililison P., 






10, Essex, . 


Danvcrs. 


Leiand, Francis, 






2, Worcester, 


Otter Uiver. 


Lewis, Charles D., . 






20, Middlesex, . 


So. Framingham. 


Llbby, John F., 






12. Middlesex, . 


Boston. 


Lockhart, Alexander, 






11, Bristol, . 


Fall River. 


Lyon, Albert W., . 






16, Suffolk, . 


Dorchester. 


Macken, Luke J., . 






5, Berkshire, 


Hinsdale. 


Mackey, Thomas, 






7, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Magenis, John E., . 






1, Berkshire, 


North AdMis. 


Mahoney, David A., . 






9, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Mahoney, William E.. 






4, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Marden, William II., 






30, Middlesex, . 


Stoncham. 


Mayo, Benjamin W., 






3, Franklin, 


Turner's Falls. 


McCarthy, Jeremiah J., 






4, Suffolk, . 


Charlcstown. 



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NAME. 


DISTRICT. 


ADDRESS. 


McKnight, Levi G. 


2, Worcester. . 


West Gardner. 


McLoughlin, William I., 






17, Worcester, . 


Worcester. 


McManus, Jolin A., . 






15, Suffolk, . 


South Boston. 


Mead, George F., . 






13, Middlesex, . 


Lexington. 


Meek, Thomas H., . 






8, Worcester, 


East Douglas. 


Mellen, George W., . 






7, Berkshire, 


Great Barrington. 


Miller, William J., . 






5, Suffolk, . 


Charlestown. 


Mills, Charles P., . 






22, Essex, . 


Newbnryport. 


Montgomery, James A., 






2, Middlesex, . 


Cambridge. 


Morrison, Andrew H., 






11. Bristol, . 


Fall River. 


Morse, William L., . 






21, Middlesex, . 


Marlborough. 


Myers, James J., 






1, Middlesex, . 


Boston. 


Nettleton, William A., 






6, Berkshire, 


Stockbridge. 


Nevin, Edward B., . 






6, Norfolk, . 


Boston. 


Newcomb, Thaddeus H., 






5, Norfolk, . 


Quincy. 


Newcomb, William N., 






4, Hampshire, . 


Ware. 


Newton, H. Huestis, . 






10, Middlesex, . 


Everett. 


Noonan, T. Frank, . 






S.Suffolk, . 


Charlestown. 


Norton, George H., . 






17, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


O'Connor, James, . 






2, Suffolk, . 


East Boston. 


Parker, Charles E., . 






4, Worcester, 


Holden. 


Parker, Harold, 






12, Worcester, 


South Lancaster. 


Parsons, Herbert C, 






2, Franklin, 


Greenfield. 


Paton, Alexander S., 






14, Worcester, 


Leominster. 


Pattee, Joseph E., . 






26, Middlesex, . 


Lowell. 


Perry, Francis C, . 






18, Middlesex, 


Natick. 


Peters, Lemuel W., . 






2.3, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 



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NAME. 


DISTRICT. 


ADDRESS. 


Phllbrick, Joseph M., 






5, Bristol, . . 


Taunton. 


Phillips, Franklin F., 






7, Middlesex, . 


SomervlUe. 


Pickard. Edward L., 






16, Middlesex, . 


Aubumdale. 


Ponce. John U., 






3, Middlesex, . 


Ea«t Cambrid^'c. 


Poor, Albert, . 






8, Essex, . 


Andovcr. 


Porter, Burrill, Jr., . 






I.Bristol, . 


N. Attleborough. 


Powers, John A., 






11, Middlesex, . 


Maiden. 


Pratt, David G., 






7, Plyraonth, . 


X. Middleboroogh. 


Ilamsay, James P., . 






25, Middlesex, . 


Lowell. 


Ramsdell, Charles II., 






13. Essex. . . 


Lynn. 


Reed. Silas D.. . 






4. Bristol, . 


Taunton. 


Rice, George M., . 






15. Worcester. . 


Worcester. 


Richardson, Frank S., 






1, Berkshire. 


North Adams. 


Ross, Leonard \V., . 






25, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Ross, Samuel, . 






7. Bristol, . . 


New Bedford. 


Rowan, John A., 






C, Suffolk. . . 


Boston. 


Rowell, Edward T., . 






20, Middlesex, . 


Lowell. 


Rassell, Michael L., . 






18. Worcester, . 


Worcester. 


Saanders. Charles U , 






II, Suffolk, . 


Boston. 


Sears, Thomas D., . 






3, Barnstable, . 


North Urewiter. 


Seavey, James F., . 






11, Essex, . 


Lynn. 


Selfrldgc, George S.,' 






11. Suffolk. . 


Boston. 


Severance, William II., 






12. Essex. . 


Lynn. 


Sheehan, John F., . 






1 7, llampden. 


Holyoke. 


Sisson, Robert S., . 






{ 11. Essex, . 


Lynn. 


Skillings, William E., 






' 21, Suffolk, . 


Roxbury. 


Slocnm, John 0., . 






, 6, Bristol. . . 


Dartmouth. 



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NAME. 


DISTRICT. 


ADDRESS. 


Smart, George B., . 




fi, Essex, . 


Lawrence. 


Smith, Harver C, . 






20, Essex, . 


Gloucester. 


Snow, Andrew R , . 






7, Worcester, 


Webster. 


Stalker, Hugh L., . 






1, Suffolk, . . 


East Boston. 


Stanley, Benjamin F., 






2, Essex, . 


Newburyport. 


Staples, Nathaniel G., 






«, Plymontli, . 


Lakeville. 


Stebbins, Marcus M., 






4, Franklin, 


Erving. 


Stevenson, Jolm M., . 






4, Berkshire, 


Pittsfield. 


Stewart, Joseph I., . 






20, Sutfolk, . 


Dorchester. 


Stone, Willmore B., . 






3, Hampden, . 


Springfield. 


Sullivan, Cornelius F., 






7, Essex, , 


Lawrence. 


Swift, William S., . 






1, Dukes, . 


Vineyard Haven. 


Taft, Arthur R., 






9, Worcester, 


Uxbridge. 


Tague, Peter F., 






3, Suffolk, . 


Charlestown. 


Talbot, Zephaniah, . 






19, Middlesex, . 


HoUiston. 


Thompson, James, . 






S, Norfolk, . 


Quincy. 


Tilton, Charles W., . 






10, Plymouth, . 


Brockton. 


Trow, Charles E., . 






18, Essex, . . 


Salem. 


Tnttle, Samuel A., . 






3, Norfolk, . 


Hyde Park. 


Twomey, Edmund J., 






n, Suffolk. . 


Charlestown. 


Waite, J. Gilman, . 






9, Middlesex, . 


Medford. 


Washburn, Charles G., 






22, Worcester, 


Worcester. 


Waterman, Eben C, . 






4, Plymouth, 


Hanover. 


Wells, Abelard E., . 






10, Essex, . 


Peabody. 


Wentworth, Edward E., 






3, Plymouth, . 


Cohasset. 


Whidden, George W., 






l.--., Middlesex, . 


Waltham. 


Whipple, John J., . 






10, Plymouth, 


Boston. 



House of Representatives -concluded. 



NAME. 


DISTRICT. 


ADDRESS. 


Wbitaker, Elliridge J., . 






10, Norfolk, . 


Wrentham. 


Wliitcomb, Frank H., . 






23, Middlesex, . 


M'est Acton. 


■VVhitcomb, George L., 






'2i, Middlesex, . 


Townsend. 


White, Horace C, . . 






G, Middlesex, . 


SoraerriUe. 


Whitehead, James, . 






9, Bristol, . 


Fall River. 


Willard, Edward E., 






27, Suffolk, . 


Chelsea. 


Williams, Appleton P., . 






10, Worcester, 


West Upton. 


Williams, George Fenelon, 






10, Norfolk, . 


Foxboroagh. 


Winslow, Francis 0., 






1, Norfolk, . 


Norwood. 


Wood, Alva S 






28, Middlesex, . 


Wobnm. 



